Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

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Andaman & Nicobar Islands log
All India Radio-Port Blair 4760, 1443-1526, 2/25/09. Vernacular programming of subcontinent music and program of indigenous chanting/singing. Local news at 1500, at 1512 switched over to programming from New Delhi. Noted on parallel 9425 at 1512. In the past I have often heard AIR Shillong (4970) also changing over to Delhi programming at 1512. Assume they start at this odd time to give them a chance to run some ads before the start of the news at 1515 (which was // 4775, 4880, [4970 AIR-Shillong had only a carrier on today, no audio heard] 4990, 5010 and 5040) (Howard-CA)

Congo Democratic Republic QSL news
Got a reply from Richard McDonald at Radio Kahuzi in Bukavu, confirming my 26 Oct. 2007 reception on 6210. In his reply, he states they were running 1044 watts at the time. And that "We were on the air each Monday and Friday". Don't know if that means they are presently off SW or not.

I sent a followup message asking for some info about the current status. I suspect they're off and have been off. Richard goes on to say he'll be in nearby Altoona in early April for a missionary conference and hopes to get some help in "studio and broadcasting techniques". If possible, I hope to meet him and gain more info on the station.
(Dave Valko, PA/HCDX)

Germany's non-stop broadcast to the world
Via Media Network, http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork

Telegraph.co.uk is publishing daily articles from the archive 70 years ago chronicling the build-up to the Second World War. One is about German propaganda broadcasts from the shortwave station at Zeesen

By night and day, with scarcely a break throughout the 24 hours, the German short-wave station at Zeesen – said to have cost £1,000,000 – is pumping out programmes to the world, with announcements and news in English, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and, of course, German. The scale of its ceaseless activity is matched only by Daventry, the BBC Empire station, with the difference that the BBC uses English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Italian and French.

Full article:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/britainatwar/4864774/Germanys-non-sto\
p-broadcasts-to-the-world---Mar-2-1939.html
(Mike Barraclough, UK/worldxclub)

Japan's JMH and Tokyo Volmet will change their site
According to "Research Site of Nazaki Transmitter Site", Meteorological FAX broadcast JMH (3622.5 7795 13988.5 kHz, 5 kW, F3C) by Japan Meteorological Agency will switch both their facility and transmitter site at 0421 UT on March 4, from Nazaki Transmitter Site (36 10 N 139 51 E) to Kagoshima Fishery Transmitting Station (31 19 N 130 31 E).

Tokyo Volmet (2863 6679 8828 13882 kHz) will also change the transmitter site at 0440 on March 4, from Nazaki to Kagoshima.

There will be no transmission from Nazaki Transmitter Site hereafter. Nazaki Transmitter Site, located in Koga City, Ibaragi prefecture, was built in 1934 for overseas shortwave broadcasting. On August 15, 1945, "Edict of Ending the War" by Emperor Hirohito was transmitted over this
site. The site was used for overseas broadcasting until 1970. After that the site has been used for standard time signal (JJY/JG2AS), FAX news and meteorological broadcasts, and Volmet broadcast. Yamata transmitter site, now used for overseas broadcasting, is neighboring this site.
(Takahito Akabayashi-JPN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 24/BC-DX #901)

New Zealand plans transmitter maintenance
From RNZI website
Transmitter Maintenance 4,5 & 6 March

On 4,5,6 March there will be interruptions to our short-wave services, between 1130-1800 NZDT (2230-0500 UTC). Internet service will be available throughout the period.
www.rnzi.com/pages/whatsnew.php

(Alokesh Gupta, India)

Radio Japan A09 in Indian Languages
Effective from 29th Mar to 25th Oct, 2009
Bengali 1300 - 1345 15215
Hindi 1345 - 1430 9585
Urdu 1430 -1515 9680
Reports to :nhkworld@nhk.jp
(Alokesh Gupta, INdia)

Russian DX on shortwave
Moldova Voice of Russia Relay 6240 0407
English SIO 433 Feb 21 Announcer with station website address. Program Moscow Mailbag 0408, followed by comments. // 7335[ SIO 444]via Chita, and 9840[SIO 333]Petropavlovsk.

Voice of Russia 12030 0404 English SIO 444
Feb 23 Announcers comments in This is Russia program. Then Moscow Yesterday and Today program. //9840[444], 7335[SIO 544]Chita, 9855[SIO 333], 9840[SIO 444], 7150[SIO 232], 6240 [SIO 444]Armavir.

Magadan Radio 7320 0450 Russian SIO333 Feb 23

Khabarovsk -Voice of Germany Relay. 11830
2318 Chinese SIO 444 Feb 22 Two announcer comments. DW ID 2318 by host. Continued comments //9900[SIO 232]Novosibirsk.

(Stewart Mackenzie, CA)